Texas · Investor Owned
CenterPoint Energy
5.41¢ per kWh, delivery only, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $60.74 at 1,123.7 kWh a month, across 2,529,039 customers on that row.
Texas averaged 15.40¢/kWh and $170.95 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use delivery only service. Customer count: 2,529,039, the largest residential count across service types.
Estimate a bill
Tariff total
$70.23
Residential delivery · October 1, 2026 · effective 2026-10-01
Delivery charges only. The retail energy price is separate.
- Fixed monthly charge$4.90
- Volumetric delivery charge · 1,000 kWh × 6.5333¢$65.33
Source: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric PUCT rate report, October 1, 2026, checked 2026-10-10. Tariff document
Not included: The retail electric provider's energy charge; Sales tax.
- Customer charge $2.11 plus metering charge $2.79. Volumetric charge $0.065333 per kWh.
- Published average bills: $37.57, $70.23, and $135.57 at 500, 1,000, and 2,000 kWh.
- CenterPoint's Houston electric rate page lists the volumetric pieces (distribution, TCRF, DCRF, EECRF, and the other riders and credits). They sum to $0.065333/kWh, the figure in the PUCT report.
2025 EIA average
$54.10
5.41¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Delivery only residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 4.08¢ | $46.63 | 1,143.3 | 2,277,414 |
| 2021 | 4.01¢ | $43.85 | 1,094.0 | 2,334,695 |
| 2022 | 4.41¢ | $51.91 | 1,177.5 | 2,383,284 |
| 2023 | 4.62¢ | $53.54 | 1,159.8 | 2,430,804 |
| 2024 | 4.93¢ | $54.16 | 1,098.7 | 2,485,470 |
| 2025 | 5.41¢ | $60.74 | 1,123.7 | 2,529,039 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Waller, Wharton.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool